KB177719 - How to Identify Winsock 2.0 Run-Time Components for Windows 95

Article ID: 177719

Article Last Modified on 5/28/2007

Microsoft Windows 95

This article was previously published under Q177719

SUMMARY

Microsoft has released the Microsoft Windows Sockets 2 (Winsock 2.0) run-time components for Windows 95. This article describes how to determine if the Winsock 2.0 run-time components are installed on a Windows 95-based computer.

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How to Determine If the Winsock 2.0 Run-Time Components Are Installed

To determine if the Winsock 2.0 run-time components are installed on a Windows 95-based computer, verify that the following files and registry keys exist.

The Winsock 2.0 update for Windows 95 installs the following files on your computer:

   Arp      exe        20,768  02-06-98  1:00p
   Delw2reg exe         8,016  02-06-98  1:00p
   Ftp      exe        36,400  02-06-98  1:00p
   Nbtstat  exe        34,069  02-06-98  1:00p
   Netstat  exe        24,944  02-06-98  1:00p
   Ping     exe        15,328  02-06-98  1:00p
   Route    exe        27,664  02-06-98  1:00p
   Setup    exe        25,088  02-06-98  1:00p
   Snmp     exe        18,704  02-06-98  1:00p
   Telnet   exe        74,720  02-06-98  1:00p
   Tracert  exe        11,696  02-06-98  1:00p
   Winipcfg exe        39,424  02-06-98  1:00p
   Wsasrv   exe         7,040  02-06-98  1:00p
   Cfgmgr32 dll        23,552  02-06-98  1:00p
   Icmp     dll         9,632  02-06-98  1:00p
   Inetmib1 dll        53,584  02-06-98  1:00p
   Msafd    dll        27,648  02-06-98  1:00p
   Mstcp    dll        31,872  02-06-98  1:00p
   Msvcrt   dll       295,360  02-06-98  1:00p
   Mswsock  dll        70,144  02-06-98  1:00p
   Mswsosp  dll        24,064  02-06-98  1:00p
   Rnr20    dll        42,496  02-06-98  1:00p
   Setupapi dll       327,072  02-06-98  1:00p
   Snmpapi  dll        22,080  02-06-98  1:00p
   Winsock  dll        21,520  02-06-98  1:00p
   Ws2help  dll         5,120  02-06-98  1:00p
   Ws2thk   dll         8,704  02-06-98  1:00p
   Ws2_32   dlx        55,808  02-06-98  1:00p
   Wsock32  dlx        21,504  02-06-98  1:00p
   Telnet   hlp        11,436  02-06-98  1:00p
   Afvxd    vxd        29,567  02-06-98  1:00p
   Ndis     vxd       116,301  02-06-98  1:00p
   Vdhcp    386        55,155  02-06-98  1:00p
   Vip      386        75,873  02-06-98  1:00p
   Vnbt     386        87,745  02-06-98  1:00p
   Vtcp     386        60,245  02-06-98  1:00p
   Vtdi     386         5,711  02-06-98  1:00p
   Vudp     386        20,637  02-06-98  1:00p
   Wshtcp   vxd         9,937  02-06-98  1:00p
   Wsipx    vxd        14,546  02-06-98  1:00p
   Wsock    vxd        15,547  02-06-98  1:00p
   Wsock2   vxd        23,203  02-06-98  1:00p

The Winsock 2.0 update for Windows 95 installs the following registry keys and subkeys under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services registry branch:

VxD\Winsock2
Winsock2
Winsock2\Setup
Winsock2\Parameters (includes subkeys)
Winsock2\Providers (includes subkeys)

How to Obtain the Winsock 2.0 Run-Time Components

The Winsock 2.0 run-time components are included in the Winsock 2.0 SDK for Windows 95.

The latest version of the Winsock 2.0 run-time components is available from the following location on the Microsoft FTP site:

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winsock/winsock2

This location contains the Winsock 2.0 SDK for Windows 95, which includes a utility you can use to install the Winsock 2.0 run-time components on a Windows 95-based computer.

You can also download the Winsock 2.0 update for Windows 95 from the following Microsoft Web site:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/e/0/0e05231b-6bd1-4def-a216-c656fbd22b4e/W95ws2setup.exe

For a current file list of the Winsock 2.0 update, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

182381 Download File List for Windows Sockets 2.0 Update (Ws2setup.exe)

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